Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

Location: Chesterfield

Position Summary

The Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Manager serves as a strategic finance leader and key business partner across the organization. This role is responsible for overseeing demand planning, manufacturing standards, and analytical processes that support profitable growth, operational efficiency, and informed decision-making. The FP&A Manager leads the development, execution, and continuous improvement of financial forecasting, demand-related analytics, and data governance, while aligning Sales, Operations, Supply Chain, and Finance around a consensus plan within a manufacturing environment.

Primary Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership & Business Partnership

• Serve as a key analytical and strategic partner to leadership and internal teams by creating, maintaining, and planning item-level data that supports enterprise forecasting and financial plans.
• Lead or support strategic initiatives and special projects as assigned by senior finance leadership, contributing to broader organizational objectives.
• Translate complex, unstructured financial and operational data into actionable insights that inform business demand, product portfolio decisions, and pricing strategies.
• Provide leadership, coaching, and development opportunities to the FP&A team.

Financial Planning, Forecasting & Analysis

• Own and lead demand and product profitability forecasting and planning processes, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and alignment with business objectives.
• Partner with Sales, Operations, Procurement, and Supply Chain to coordinate inputs and develop a consensus demand forecast that supports financial planning and decision-making with detailed attention on volume, mix, and price impacts at an item level.
• Lead advanced ad hoc analyses to support data-driven decision making related to demand trends, cost behavior, product profitability, product rationalization, and scenario modeling.
• Support monthly forecasting cycles, the annual budget, long-range planning, month-end/year-end close activities, and SOX initiatives in partnership with leadership.

Process Ownership & Continuous Improvement

• Leverage best practices and analytical methodologies to establish, standardize, and continuously improve FP&A and forecasting processes to ensure scalability, repeatability, predictability, and data integrity.
• Oversee governance of item-level assumptions, financial drivers, and system configuration within ERP, demand planning, and financial planning tools.

Education

• Required: Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Supply Chain, Business Analytics, or a related field
• Equivalent
  
  Experience:
  
  7+ years of progressive experience in finance, supply chain, or demand planning may be considered in lieu of a degree

Experience

Required:

• 7-10 years of experience in FP&A, finance, supply chain, or demand planning roles with increasing responsibility
• Demonstrated success leading cross-functional initiatives and driving process improvements
• Proven ability to influence stakeholders and guide decision-making at multiple organizational levels

Skills & Competencies

Required:

• Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to synthesize complex data into clear financial and operational insights
• Strong leadership, communication (written and verbal), and stakeholder management skills
• Ability and desire to drive profitability improvements in a fast-paced environment
• High attention to detail ensuring accuracy in all levels of work
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and the ability to work independently while managing multiple competing priorities

Preferred:

• Experience with ERP systems (Oracle)
• Business Intelligence tools (Power BI, Tableau)
• Demand planning systems (Netstock)
• Financial planning tools (Cognos TM1)
• Experience with predictive analytics and advanced forecasting techniques

Authority Level

• Supervisory responsibility for two analysts (Demand and Specifications & Standards)

LIMITATIONS AND DISCLAIMER (Non-Canada)

The above job description is meant to describe the general nature and level of work being performed; it is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required for the position.

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